Monthly Archives: September 2009
On Nostalgia
I’m nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday. I’ve begun reminiscing events before they even occur. I’m reminiscing this right now. I can’t go to the bar because I’ve already looked back on it in my memory… and I didn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day, Family, Philosophy
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Principles and Stories
I think there are at least two ways of learning morality, from principles and from stories. That’s probably obvious to most folks, but I’ve been very much a ‘principles’ kind of guy for most of my life and I’ve really … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Philosophy
Tagged ethics, fiction, growing up, justification, morality, virtue
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